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ALTA Certification Academic Language Therapy

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1. Study of how morphemes are combined into words - must include study of base words - roots - and affixes






2. The curved line placed beneath c to indicate its "soft" or (s) pronunciation - as opposed to its hard or (k) pronunciation. Students use the coding on c before the letters e - i - or y (the softeners) - to remind themselves to pronounced the (s) soun






3. A group of several test standardized on the same sample population so that results on the several tests are comparable. Example : School achievement tests






4. Developmental Auditory Impercepion - Dysphasia - Specific Developmental Dyslexia - Developmental Dysgraphia - Developmental Spelling Disability






5. A diacritical marking. A wavy line placed over any vowel before r in a combination to indicate the unaccented pronunciation eg letter. The tildes used both in coding words and in a sound picture. When the pronunciation of any unaccented vowel-r combi






6. State Board of Education Rule - District Board of Trustees must make sure dyslexia procedures are given to the district. - District must use SBOE approved strategies for screening and treating dyslexia






7. Present the whole and teaches how this can be broken down into component parts.






8. Statistical measure of the degree of dispersion in distribution of scores. Measures spread of a set of data around mean of the data. The more widely the values are spread out - the larger the standard deviation.






9. Multisensory Structured Language Education






10. Present the parts of the language and then teaches how the parts work together to make a whole. Part of a MSLE Program






11. Inferential learning of a concept cannot be take for granted! Never assume!






12. The curved diacritical mark above a vowel in a sound picture or phonic/dictionary symbol notation that indicates a short sound in a closed syllable in which at least one consonant comes after the vowel in the same syllable.






13. A term coined by Stanovich to describe a phenomenon observed in findings of cumulative advantage for children who read well and have good vocabulary and cumulative disadvantage for those who have inadequate vocabularies and read less and thus have lo






14. Closed syllable - open syllable - vowel- consonant-e - r controlled syllable - vowel team - final stable syllable






15. Comprehensive end-of-year exams - reflecting the specific subject matter outlines in the curriculum.






16. Nationally known for research on both the prevention and remediation of reading difficulties in young children as well as work on assessment of phonological awareness and reading






17. Changes in curriculum - supplementary aides or equipment - and provision of specialized facilities that allow students to participate in educational environment to fullest extent possible.






18. 1925 - Coined the term "strephosymbolia" which means twisted symbols; Pathologist - neurologist and psychitrist in the US - studied with Dr. Alzheimer in Germany - work influenced by James Hinshelwood






19. Participate in classroom discussions - make speeches/presentations - use tape records during lectures - read text out loud - create musical jingles - create mnemonics to aid memorization - discuss ideas verbally






20. Final stable syllable

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21. Closed syllable






22. Test of Word Reading Efficiency. Screening test. measures an individual's ability to pronounce printed words accurately and fluently. Generates percentiles - standard scores - age equivalents - and grade equivalents.Decoding - Sight words






23. The flat diacritical mark above a vowel in a send picture or phonic/dictionary notation that indicates a long sound.






24. Scientific terminology and often appear in science texts - Greek roots are often combining forms and compound to form words.






25. Reading for Learning "the New" - Expand vocabularies - build background and world knowledge - develop strategic habits

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26. The process of systematically gathering test scores and related data in order to make judgement about an individuals ability to perform various mental activities involved in the processing - acquisition - retention - conceptualization - and organizat






27. State Board of Eduation






28. Any learning activity that includes 2 or more sensory modalities simultaneously to take in or express information.






29. Proceeds from the whole to the part - suggests that processing of a text begins in the mind of the readers. Meaning is brought to print not derived from print.






30. Most soundly supported by research for effective instruction in beginning reading - Must be explicitly taught - Must be systematically organized and sequenced - Must include learning how to blend sounds together






31. Is a specific learning disability that is neurological in origin. It is characterized by difficulties with accurate and/or fluent word recognition and by poor spelling and decoding abilities. These difficulties typically result from a deficit in the






32. A morpheme attached to the end of a word that creates a word with a different form or use. Suffixes include inflected forms indicating tense - number - person and comparatives.






33. Vowel - consonant - e syllable






34. Edward III - English again becomes the official language of the state -Chaucer - Canterbury Tales - English borrows from Latin and Greek languages - Anglo-French compounds appear (gentlewomen - gentlemen - faithful - etc) - Latin layer of language -






35. The teacher musts be adept at individualized teaching based on continual assessment of the student's needs. Content should be mastered to a level of automaticity.






36. Vowel team syllable (digraph - dipthong)






37. Involve at least two people. It includes the ability to maintain eye contact - understand body language of others - take turns in a conversation - stick to the subject - and use oral language appropriate for the situation.






38. State Law - Requires administration of reading instruments to diagnose reading problems. Each district does - has to notify parents and provide instruction






39. Alphabetic principle" and its relationship to phonemic awareness and phonological awareness in reading






40. A score to which raw scores are converted by numerical transformation ( conversion of raw scores to percentile ranks or standard scores)






41. An affix attached to the beginning of a word that changes the meaning of that word.






42. A quick probe that is done frequently in order to make instructional changes in a timely fashion.






43. Wide Range Achievement Test






44. The ability to translate print to speech with rapidity and automaticity that allows the reader to focus on meaning.






45. Given normal hearing - the ability to understand spoken language in a meaningful way.






46. Proceeds from the part to the whole.Reading is driven by the text. Emphasizes the written or printed text. Flesch - Gough - LaBerge and Samuels.






47. Open syllable






48. An objective test that is given and scored in a uniform manner. Scores are often norm-referenced. For example SAT






49. Screening test. Elementary age only. Asks test taker to name the letters of the alphabet






50. A test in which a student's performance is compared to that of a norm group. Often used to measure and compare students - schools - districts and states.